i am john stossel. good night. >> good morning. i am patti ann browne. >> i am hert cheryleds. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". we start with a fox news lart for you. you are looking live at the israeli gaza border. israeli and palestinian forces trading fire for a 6th day. there appears to be no end in sight. >> israel stepping up the tar getted attacks on northern benghaz. they bombard withed hundreds of ar tilly grounds. it left 84 palestinians dead. palestinian officials claim half are civilians. israeli citizens living in fear of rocket attacks by the gaza militants. 3 israelis dead dozens more have been hurt. john mccain calling for former president bill clinton to try to end the crisis. >> find someone even as high ranking, frankly, as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. i know he would hate me for say that go but we need someone of enormous prestige and influence to have them sit down together as an honest broker. we are crumbling all over the middle east. >> hamas says the only way is if there are open borders for gaza. the attacks m